Thursday, February 18, 2016

First Grade's: Snowy Snowmen Ice Cream Cones

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Students learned how to use
a technique called shading, to make their cones and snowman appear to be three
dimensional. We used oil pastels for the cones, pressing harder on one side to
create a shaded look. On the same side of our snowman we used blue watercolor
to create a cool blue shaded area.

We also created highlights, by using the white oil pastel to draw a brighter line on the
opposite side of the cone. Drawing the highlight makes the three dimensional
look of the snowman/cone look even more intense.

Then we used oil pastels to add the details of the snowman, as well as draw the beautiful
snowflakes in the background.

Draw
snowflakes, while creating depth by drawing larger ones (which are closer to
the viewer), and smaller ones (which appear to be further in the background).

I think if we were to draw Mr. Heintzelman's snowman right now, he would need much less shading than the other day haha : ) poor snowman!

We
created a winter landscape which demonstrates both depth and perspective
using crayons and white paint! First, we drew our houses and trees, then
colored them using crayons. We learned to press hard with our crayons to create
a brighter color!

We
also learned how to create depth
within our landscapes by drawing overlapping hills in the background and adding
smaller objects further in the distance. Sidewalks were drawn using perspective to give the illusion of
distance.

We
shaded one side of the trunk and
branches with a darker crayon added even more dimension to our drawing!

Then
we drew blue shadows in the snow for the trees and snowmen so that they looked
more three dimensional and more realistic!

Lastly, we used white paint to add the effect of snow laying on the ground and rooftops!

We talked all about where clay comes from and where to find natural clay! We sculpted our snowmen heads out of low fire clay and let them dry. Then Mrs. N fired them in the kiln for us! Then we used paint, pipe-cleaners, and puff balls to decorate them before we took them home!

Monday, February 1, 2016

First Grade's: Snowy Log Cabins

For this project, we focused
on Texture! We added texture to several surfaces including our snow and roof! Then we tore the white paper to
create a ‘fluffy’ line of snow! It’s amazing what you can do with paper other
than cutting it with a scissors!

To create the cozy cabin, we
used pop-sickle sticks to mimic the construction of a real log cabin!

We cut our roof out of
sandpaper so that it would look and feel similar to shingles! For the finishing touches,
crayons were used to add details such as snowflakes and people building snowmen!